Manfred Gunther was left with just 1 ante after being crippled by Patrick Mailloux, and actually managed to win the next two hands to run up his stack a little. On the third hand, he found himself auto all-in in the big blind, and was far behind Brian Yoon, who shoved to isolate the short stack.
Manfred: 
Brian: 
The board of 
brought no help to Manfred, who was sent to the cashiers to collect his 7th place payday.
7th place: Manfred Gunther – $820
Andreas Loubounakis was starting to get desperate with his short stack, and moved in from early position. Manfred Gunther announced he was all-in, and Patrick Mailloux also threw in his bounty chip.
Andreas: 
Manfred: 
Patrick: 
Patrick’s aces hold on the 
board, eliminating Andreas in the process. Manfred was left with just an ante.
8th place: Andreas Loubounakis – $610
With only 3.5 big blinds left, Marc-Andre Racine moved all-in after an early position open from Anthony Ciambella, and was isolated by Brian Yoon from the button.
Marc-Andre: 
Brian: 
Board: 
9th place: Marc-Andre Racine – $460
Following a utg open from Brian Yoon, Eric Schanck moved in from the button, and Brian made the call.
Brian: 
Eric: 
Brian made a flush on the 
to eliminate Eric in 10th place.
10th place: Eric Schanck – $400
Event 5 is down to 10 players, which means we have our final table! Here are the ten finalists:
Final Table
Seat 1. Marc-Andre Racine
Seat 2. Eric Schanck
Seat 3. Gheorghe Priala
Seat 4. Manfred Gunther
Seat 5. Brian Yoon
Seat 6. Patrick Mailloux
Seat 7. Franco Amorelli
Seat 8. Anthony Ciambella
Seat 9. Andreas Loubounakis
Seat 10. Marc Guerbilsky
Congratulations!
With Event 5 on break, we did some chip counts. These are the current chip leaders, and their approximate chip counts:
Raymond Kay outlasted 1331 other competitors to emerge as the champion of Event 3 – $225 + $25 No Limit Hold’em ‘Frenzy’! In heads-up play against Jean-Francois Lescadres, Raymond saw his stack fall rather short before winning two big pots that eventually lead to his victory.
In the last hand of play, Raymond opened the action preflop from the button. On the 
flop, Jean-Francois check-raised Raymond, and then called Raymond’s 3bet shove. When they opened their hands, they saw they were virtually flipping.
Raymond showed down 
, and was against the flush and straight draws of Jean-Francois, who was holding . The pair of tens improved to a straight, with the running cards showing the and the , and this was good enough to win the pot.
Raymond earned a cool $50,000 for his first place finish, as well as a Playground Poker Fall Classic bracelet. Jean-Francois received a consolation prize of $34,270, not too shabby for a $225 + $25 buy-in!
Congratulations Raymond! We hope to see you at the Main Event!
Event 3 Champion: Raymond Kay – $50,000
Event 3 Runner-Up: Jean-Francois Lescadres – $34,270
Last hand of Play in Event 3
The 50/50 Bounty event is now in the money! Shortly after the fact, we saw a few short stacks move in and get eliminated. We are now down to the final two tables.
Raymond Kay opened from utg to 600K, and was faced with a big 3bet from Lesley Amos in the big blind. He pondered for a moment before announcing all-in, and Lesley made the quick call.
Raymond: 
Lesley: 
Raymond found some luck, making a straight on the 
board, and Lesley was sent to the rail in 3rd place.
We are now heads-up between Jean-François Lescadres (15,350,000) and Raymond Kay (11,200,000).
3rd place: Lesley Amos – $22,030
Sitting on the chip lead only a few hands ago, Thomas Wintermans lost two big pots to Jean-Francois Lescadres which sent him home in 4th place.
In the second hand, Jean-Francois made a raise preflop from the small blind, which was called by Thomas in the big blind. On a flop of 
, Jean-Francois c-bet 550K, which was followed by a raise to 1.3M from Thomas, and finally a shove by the original raiser. Thomas tanked for a few minutes before committing the chips, but found himself far behind.
Thomas:
Jean-Francois: 
With no improvement on the 
turn and river, Thomas saw his 12 million chip stack evaporate in one orbit.
4th place: Thomas Wintermans – $16,297
